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Show ' Forestry Regiment Should ; j Draw Young Americans j I Uncertainty is one of the most unpleasant un-pleasant sensations and "contentment killers" known. Many o the young men of our country are,- at this time, extremely uncertain as to their future. 'This state of mind makes it difficult Hot them to settled down to any stated Itask, either in securing an education or holding an honorable position. From present indications a large : mumber of them will be obliged to go to the front, it is their duty. Why as not end the uncertainty brought about 1 by these conditions by enlisting with- out further delay, provided the condi-; condi-; . lions in which you are placed, are : ' such as to enable you to be spared? Recent dispatches bring the informa- ) Ition another forestry regiment is being i . recruited, to be known as the Twenti-i Twenti-i ; eta Regiment of Forestry Engineers. , In this organization one can serve ass v their country as faithfully as though they were in the trenches, but instead of being there, thoir duty will call Wo-Ikywthem to the forests of France. There ark. JlEjfiey will get our lumber of the proper "?UMuimensions for railroad bridges and " I rtrench use. I Every man who offers his services I makes it unnecessary for a man to be parted In his place. Those who volun-ffI volun-ffI aeer are in a much better position to LQ. i pknow whether or not they can. be iint I ppared, and as many thousands have ter- I I0 So. those who can are certainly rfed I ; fact known and going to their coun- I " try's call at the earliest convenient m 1 ; Pate. I , Another advantage In enlisting is 1721 I tthat It gives one a chance to chooBe 1 i from the nearly half a dozen different )S I departments of activity open to en- 1 . Hstments, whereas If one waits to be K 1 drafted they have to go where they W 1 i are sent They get no choice and fcfc I from what can be learned those draft- 5fV I ' ed stand hardly as well as those who i 1 . p'olunteor. 11 I An advantage In the Forestry Serv- J ': rce 13 that the men are employed in f, Rebuilding the country Instead of tear- n0i)i : PS It down. Men are subjects of habit 4J Pnd- where one gets the habit of be- v L.ns a destroyer it grows on them as IkJs1B0 a brutal nature within one causes a iSem to have no dread or fear of blood, rRt9r a short tIme- 11 18 much more desirable to cultivate the uplifting side V of one's nature by rebuilding, it will j fro readily seen. f The Tenth United States Engineers, E ... f, )r "forestry regiment," specially or- SSnfc- t prized In this vicinity for the pun pose of gathering from the forests of I France material needed in constructive i military operations, were reviewed , this morning at 9 o'clock by the war department by Secretary Baker, As-' sistant Secretary Vrooman of the de-' i partment of agriculture. i i The "lumberjacks," as the men of I this regiment are facetiously called,1 because of the fact that they are mostly most-ly from the personnel of the forestry service, and are experts in logging and sawmill work, are in camp near the American university. Col. James B. Woodruff, Corps of Engineers, was in command of the parade, pa-rade, and was complimented on the fine military appearance of the 1,400 sturdy men In line. Features of the parade pa-rade were a Red Cross ambulance and a kitchen trailer marked with the pine tree shield of the forestry service. serv-ice. These troops are expected to see early service in France. RED -CROSS AMBULANCE AND KITCHEN TRAILER PROVIDED FOR "LUMBERJACK REGIMENT." "When the 'Lumberjack Regiment' officially known as the Tenth Engineers Engi-neers (Forest), which is now in training train-ing at the American University grounds, goes to France, it will take wltji it the Red Cross ambulance and kitchen trailer, marked with the pine-tree pine-tree shield of tho forest service. The ambulance and trailer are the gift of the forest service field and of-1 fice force, and the fund for their purchase pur-chase has been raised mainly through i $1 and $2 contributions of rangers and ' other forest officers in all parts of the country and of tho clerks In tho Washington and district offices. Funds for an additional ambulance and trailer to accompany a later regiment regi-ment have been raised by the men nnd women of the forest service in the states of Washington and Oregon. What the men will do. Tho lumberjack regiment, which will have for its duty the production from French forests of material needed in tho military operations, and which was recruited for tho most part from men engaged in logging and' sawmill work, includes many of the sorernment's foresters. Kitchens are regarded as Important adjuncts to the ambulance work. Tho war department has accepted the gift and will provldo trnnsjjortation for it along with tho sawmills and other equipment for wood work which the regiment will take. Moro than n thousand recruits for the regiment, gathered from the lumber lum-ber camps and woods of every section sec-tion of tho country, are now assembled at Washington and undergoing stiff dally drills to condition and discipline them for their work abroad. After they 'reach France they will be supplied with reading matter and various comforts under a systematic plan which member of the families are working out. It is proposed to cooperate co-operate with associations and other interested in-terested organizations In the work of looking after tho welfare of the troops. oo So successful have the women been in the Canadian Pacific car shops in , Montreal that no le'ss than 200 are now being employed. |